FORT LEE — A Port Authority police officer stopped a suicidal 25-year-old Manhattan woman from plunging several hundred feet to her death late Monday morning, according to the Port Authority.

According to Port Authority spokesman Joseph Pentangelo, security guard Johnny Vasquez spotted a female leaning over the outer railing at the New York Tower at about 11:45 a.m. Officer Christopher Outhouse, of the K-9 unit, climbed over the inner railing at the upper level and saw the woman "standing on the lower rung of the rail with her torso extended over the water," Pentangelo said in a news release.

As the officer hurried toward her, the 5'2" 130 lbs. woman pushed herself off the rail and tried to run eastbound but was quickly captured by the 12-year veteran, according to Pentangelo.

Text messages found on the woman's phone indicated she had planned to kill herself, and also referenced a prior overdose suicide attempt, police said. Authorities found several unfilled prescription bottles for depression and bi-polar disorder in her possession, according to Pentangelo.

The woman was evaluated by the FDNY and taken to St. Luke's Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

The incident marks the fourth suicide intervention on the George Washington Bridge this year, Pentangelo said. One suicide has been recorded at the bridge in 2014. Last year, 49 attempts were prevented; 15 attempts were successful, according to Pentangelo.